Type or matrices.



Af J. CAMPBELL.

TYPEVOR MATRICES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a, 1913.

1,115,176, Patented 001127, 1914.,

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after returned through a c o i fi m". rill EL Us in Application fi ledhik n 3, 1913, Serial 1E0. i80,621.

all 11:71 m 1' I; may concern;

o it known that 1, ANDREW J.

of the United States UAMPBELL, a A esid ng so ii'ilSl cmed cert n 31:;Wments 1. w

and useful iurirovetrices of which the I cation reference being said then to the accompanying drawing.

invention relates to t pogrziphical lG-il ds linotype machines of the;?IR. al 05, 'sstion represented. in Letters Pete-nix of the UnitedState It nizir Mergonthziler No. l3(' ,532 wherein. circulating matricesare released from a magazine in the order in "whichtheir characters areto appear in print, and th'cu. assembled in line i116 composed linetransferred to the face of :i slotted mold, the mold filled with moltenmetal to form {L sing or lino'type again attire matrices which producethe "type characters thereon, and the matrices theredistributinginechsnisin. to the magazine from which they ted, More particularly theinvention reto 21- special form of matrix for use in the said matrixbeing provided "with :i iflZ1illl.}/' extending member adapted tooverlain an adjoining matrix so that the matrix may be employed inconnection with.

other matrices to produce composite orvarir purposes, such as theproduction of fractions conteininq' an unusual number of numerals;orosluction of designs oi vm s kinds, and the productionfoii other 11and forms. The most common use of my improved matrix .will be for theproduction of numerical fractions, and for this purpose the matricesillustrated are shown as having their loter sly extending membersprovided, some with. formative numerals. and others with blanks, twosets or series of matrices being shown, one set with theClHEIiHZtQIFbQ{Hing built-n m ntriX for members in posltion thereon toform. the

numerator of the fraction, and the other set lmving their charactenbeo'ing members in. position to form the denominator, when the saidmatrices are used interchangeably and in difFerent corinhinations inproducing 21. composite umtrix. it will understood however. that thelaterally extend '19; metre hers may be provided with formativechornctcrs oi? other kinds and forms,- and that the members may projectfrom one side or Specification of Letters Patent.

nngton, District of Columbia, have ill: formed integrally Patented @ct.2. ri id;

from both out the matrix and may be inovshly or iininovshly therewith.Forth r it understood that While I have shown y invention in preferredform hy way or example. and as applied to the kind of either matrixshown and described in said Mergenthalcr patent, or embodied. in the commercial linotype machine, obviously many changes and variations therein.and in its mode of application will suggest themselves to those skilledin the art wit out departing from the limits of the invention. Thus theinvention he used in connection with other styles of typographical.mikCi1l1'lGS,-OI with. typecastcrs, typesctters and the like, or anymachines which handle types or dies instead of matrices. desire it to heunderstood that I do not limit myself to the specific forms andembodiments herein described nor to any; particular form(ii-construction of the parts, except in so for as such limitations arespecified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 sections provided with laterallyextending members, certain of them heerinrgthe nuinerals' 0 m9, the saidmernhers losing soloceted on the respective sections that in thecomposite or built-up matrix they'wil'l'piroduce the denominator of the;fraction. Fig. 2 is 2; similar view showing the laterally errtending'memhers locstedto produce the nuroerstor of the fraction.Fim-Z'l is an elevation of a composite or built-up matrix in whichsections of the forms illustrated in the preceding figures ere employedin combination.

F1 4 is a perspective view oi e number of t e different forms of sections separated. from each other, and showing how a built-upor'compositc matrix. an elevation showing the two kinds of ma; trirrsections in slightly modifiediorm. 6 is a perspective View ofa'c'omposite niathcy can be combined to produce shown in. Fig; 5 I? is ahorizontal transverse sectional elevation on the line Z'Z of Fig 1'showing how the laterally extending character-bearing member is sppliedto its matrix section.

Referring to the drawings: The matrix formed and attached to the orGenerally speaking I I an elevation of a series cl. matrices. or-

trill. built lip-of two sections'of the form sect-ions A..-A, etc.,shown in Fig. '1 are each provided with a laterally extending member a;and the matrix sections B-B, etc., shown in Fig. 2 are'each likewiseprovided with a laterally extending member b,'the said members on onesection, assembled side'by side to produce a composite'or'built-upmatrix as shown in Fig.

3, overlapping the next adjacent section, so that the members on onesection. are givensup'po-rt by the other sections, and such numerals orfigures as may with the member of sections A-A have thefnmbers a exiending laterally from both sides of the same, and below the member eachsection has its edge fOl'IIlmi with a recess a. Likewise the members bproject laterally from both sides of 'the sections B, and above themember each section is provided in its edge with a recess 6, the saidmembers and recesses being so located on the respective sections, thatwhen the latter side to form a composite or built-up-matrix, .the membera of section A will seat in the recess. 6 of. section B, and the member6 of section B will seat in the recess a ofsection A. A series or set ofsections A are shown in which the laterally extending members areprovided with formative numerals from 0 to 9, and in which other membersare em ployed which are blank. The series of sections B includes"sections bearing formative numerals from O to 9 and other sectionshavingblank members, as a result of which-assortment of sections,various forms'of fractions containing in their numeratorsanddenominators various arrangementsof Illlll l'. bers or numerals may beproduced, by employing the difierent sections, interchange ably indiiferent combinations and relations. For instance in Fig; 3 a built-upor composite matrix is shown to produce a fraction in which thenumerator contains two numerals and the denominator three numerals,

with the numerator symmetrically or centrally arranged with respect tothe denomi' nator. Three sections A are employed-in this compositestructure, whose lateral members bear numerals 1, 0, O, respectivcl ingthe denominator, and four sections B are employed the two outer sectionshaving blank members,

with the numerals 2, 4' formin the numerator, the lateral members of t esections A overlapping the-adjacent sections B and extending into therecess therein an lateralfmembers of sections B overlapping the adjacentsections .A and extending into the recesses in said sections A, withfaces of said members extending flush with each other in a common fiatplane. In Fig. 4 a number of sections A and B member and when thesections are be borne'by the member of one sect1on,,,may -be'associatedthe other ectiorr:""THe seated in the adjacent section, 1- g thesection's r as that (19- zscribed, the only difierence being that this,oject frontare assembled side are shown partiall two sections of eacliform, one with a blan the other with a characterbearing member. From theposition occupied by the projecting members on the res ective sections,it W11 1; e sections are placed together side by side, the prdj-ectinmembers on the sections A projectingmembers of sections B will" seat inthe recessesin the sections A, ;thus producingh composite matrix withthe member on one -section overlapping and In Fig. 5=theconstructionoi Bis substantially the same gcase the lateral members afi b? p ,one 'tideonly of the sections. "ihe sections may be assembled howeverinsibstantially the same manner as thB. '0tll1 forms .de-- scribed indifierent relations and tions, to produce different iorms-of tions; orthe sections of used in combination with those sections ing the lateralmembers projecting from posite sides-which" use is indicated incomposite matrix shown in Fig. '3. The two sets-or series of' sectionsshown in Figsifl and 2 include sections having the members projectingfrom one side only;- these sections which are similar tofthose freeathe-two series of Figs. 1 and 2, and being adapted for useinterchangeably with. the other sectionof the series.

In Fig. 6 one combination y forms.

. are seated and the two inner ones hav- 55 ing their members providedrespectively the sections shown in Fig. 5 is illustrated, the compositematrix to be produced being made up of'one section of each of the formsA and B to produce matrix the lateral overlaps and other section. r

The lateral membersv may be applied to the matrix sections in anyappropriate and suitable manner. They may with the sections, or theymay! a separate member and attac tions either movably or immovably. Inthe form of construction illustrated the lateral members are separatefrom the sections, an

be formed as adjacent [edges of the respective members A,"B,' beingchamfered so that when they 'meet in the assemblage of the sections$16.6

by overlapping and seatin in thereccss in the adjacent sections, to the1nd assembled, there beingwill seat in t e recesses in the sections B,

this form mayi be:

a to

lateral 1 be seen that when shown in F1g. 5, being shown atthe ends of.

of the formof the fraction In this -member of one section is seated in arecess in-thd be integral I in undercut recesses therein, the

by side, ahorizontal formative indentation members formed a d to therespectiv -sec-y ual sections together with sufficient firmness toenable the series of sections to be handled as a unit.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is: v j

1. A type or matrix section constructed for circulation in atypographical machine and adapted to be set in line therein with otherscrtions and provided with a laterally extending member adapted tooverlap and seat against the front face of an adjoining section.

2. The combination of a plurality of type or matrix sections adapted tobeset side by side in a. composed line, and each provided with alaterally extending member overlap-v ping and seated against the frontface of the adjacent section.

3. A composite type or matrix comprising a plurality of sections adaptedto be set side by side in a. composed line and provided with laterallyextending members overlapping and seated against the front faces ofadjacent sections.

4; A type or matrix section constructed for circulat'on in atypographical machine and adapt to be set in line therein with othersections and provided with a character bearing member projectinglaterally from its front face and adapted to seat in a recess in thefroht face of an adjoining section.

5. :A type or matrix constructed for circulation in a typographicalmachine and adapted to besetin line therein with other type or matricesand comprising a plurality of-sections, one provided with a recess inits front face, and the adjoining one provided with a character bearingmember projecting laterally from its front face and seated in saidrecess.

)6. A type-101. matrix comprising a plurz tlity of sections adapted tobe. set side by side in a composed line, and each provided with a recessin its front face and with a character bearing member projectinglaterally from such face, the.latcrally extending member of one sectionbeing seated in the recess of the adjoining section.

7. A type or matrix section adapted to be set in line with othersections and provided with a. character bearing member projectinglaterally fromits front face and formed withan adjacent recess in suchface.

8. The combination of a plurality of type or matrix sections adapted tobe set side by mg members bearing complementary portions of a compositecharacter, the members on the sections of one set being adapted tooverlap the sections of the other set.

10. The combination of two series of matrix sections provided withlaterally eXtending members bearing complementary portions of acomposite character and adapted to be used interchangeably in differentcombinations, with the members on one section overlapping the adjoiningsections.

11. A type or-matrix section constructed for circulation in atypographical machine and adapted to be set in lmetherein with. othersections and provided with a character bearing member extendinglaterally from opposite sides of the same-and adapted to overlap andseat against the front face of adjoining matrix sections.

12. A type or matrix section constructed for circulation in atypographical machine and adapted to be set in line therein with othersections and provided with a character bearing member projectinglaterally from its front face and adapted to overlap and seat againstthe front face of an adjoining section.

13. A composite matrix comprising a phiqrality of sections adapted to beset side by side in acomposed line and provided with character bearingmembers projecting later- 1 ally from their front faces, the member ofone section overlapping and seating against the front face of anadjacent section.

1 1-. A composite matrix formed for use in a typographical machine, andcomprising a plurality of sections formed to overlap each other andbearing complementary portions of a composite character, said portionsbea ing offset with respect to each other to per mit such overlapping:

In testimony whereof if have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

ANDREW J. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

J. D. YoAKLnY,

M. SAUNDERS.

